Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the federal government to permanently end the temporary foreign worker (TFW) program, saying it has shut young Canadians out of employment and allowed some businesses to take advantage of newcomers.
“It is a very exploitative system that has allowed corporate elites to profit off of driving wages down and driving jobs out, and we’re going to put an end to it,” Poilievre said during a Sept. 3 press conference in Mississauga, Ont.
Under the Conservatives’ proposal, no new TFW permits would be issued for any new workers entering Canada until the program is “entirely eliminated,” with those jobs instead going to Canada’s youth, Poilievre said. He noted a separate, standalone program for difficult-to-fill agricultural labour would be created….